Question

A patient weighs 50 lbs on admission, and 48 lbs on day 3 of his hospital stay. Write a fraction, reduced to lowest terms, to express the weight he has lost.

Answer 1

The fraction that express the weight patient has lost is
`(1)/(25)`.

Explanation:

Given:

Weight of patient on admission= 50 lbs

Weight of patient on day 3 of his hospital stay = 48 lbs

We need to write the fraction reduced to lowest terms, to express the weight he has lost.

Solution:

First we will find the total weight lost.

total weight lost can be calculated by subtracting Weight of patient on day 3 of his hospital stay from Weight of patient on admission.

framing in equation form we get;

total weight lost =
`50-48 = 2\ lbs`

Now we will find the fraction of weight he has lost.

To find the fraction of weight he has lost we will divided total weight lost from Weight of patient on admission.

framing in equation form we get;

fraction of weight he has lost =
`(2)/(50)`

Reducing it in lowest term we get;

fraction of weight he has lost =
`(2)/(2* 25)= (1)/(25)`

Hence the fraction that express the weight patient has lost is
`(1)/(25)`.